SOCIAL STUDIESThe Guy With the Six-Pack Isn't Boyfriend MaterialAlec BanksWe’re a weight-obsessed culture. Women want to be thinner and men want to pack on rippling muscles so their arms, legs, chest…
SOCIAL STUDIESWould You Really Date a Broke Guy – The 25 Question TestAlec BanksI had dreams of calling this The Eccentric Kool-Guy Broke Ass Test but I feared that there might only be a handful…
SOCIAL STUDIES"Kiss Her, Dummy!" – Why Women Should Make the First Move in 2012Alec BanksI get the opportunity to pucker up and taste boysenberry-flavored lip gloss at the same frequency at which a person stubs one’s…
SOCIAL STUDIESSmoking Cigarettes is the Ultimate Deal BreakerAlec BanksI’m from Chicago, where vices are commonplace and hang to people’s beer bellies and muffin tops internally, much like icicles dance off…
ENTRTNMNTMy Life is but a Mere String of ‘Seinfeld' AnecdotesAlec BanksThe holidays are over. Things have been exchanged both through retail outlets and mouth to mouth spouting. The proverbial cup runneth over,…
CUTENESSThe Prearranged Deranged Marriage ProposalAlec BanksThree chickens. Twelve goats. Six house cats. Twenty-two roly poly bugs. That’s what love and wedded bliss costs when you’re broker than…
SOCIAL STUDIESWhere the Magic HappensAlec BanksWriting is a profession that lends itself to being happy in spurts, hungover ofttimes and hungry as sure as it is piercingly…
SOCIAL STUDIESI'm Single…Not DyingAlec BanksIf being single were a medical affliction, I’d be “terminal”. There would be medication put in pill jars that indicated what day…
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